selected port (devel/root) is marked as broken

Hi,
	I often use have to use root a program that has been ported
to
freebsd.
If I try portinstall or I go into the directory and do make
/make
install I get "selected port is marked as broken: Does
not compile"
Or maybe a slightly different error with the same
meaning.(I'm not on
that machine now so I cannot cut and paste)
That's ok, but I want to have root on freebsd to be able to
use that
machine more often.
I downloaded the sources from root.cern.ch then I tried to
compile them.
The suggested way is to use a provided script where you type
the OS and
the arch of your machine and it sets up everything for you.
But this script supports only freebsd4/5/6, not 7.0 which
I'm currently
using.
I tried telling him "it's 6" but then when
compiling I get some errors,
as announced by the previous messages! 

What can I try to be able to compile it?

Will that be hard to do?
Do you know if somebody is already working at it and give me
some link
to them?
Thank you!
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On Wednesday 12 March 2008 16:59:48 Luca Presotto wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I often use have to use root a program that has been
ported to
> freebsd.
> If I try portinstall or I go into the directory and do
make /make
> install I get "selected port is marked as broken:
Does not compile"
> Or maybe a slightly different error with the same
meaning.(I'm not on
> that machine now so I cannot cut and paste)
> That's ok, but I want to have root on freebsd to be
able to use that
> machine more often.
> I downloaded the sources from root.cern.ch then I tried
to compile them.
> The suggested way is to use a provided script where you
type the OS and
> the arch of your machine and it sets up everything for
you.
> But this script supports only freebsd4/5/6, not 7.0
which I'm currently
> using.
> I tried telling him "it's 6" but then when
compiling I get some errors,
> as announced by the previous messages!
>
> What can I try to be able to compile it?
>
> Will that be hard to do?

It fails on gcc3 specific classes. FreeBSD 7 uses gcc 4.x,
so the problem lies 
with root developers.
Or...you could install lang/gcc34, then:
make -DTRYBROKEN CC=gcc34 CXX=g++34

I'm not sure it'll work though.
-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the
modules
    and never get to the software part.
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Mel wrote:

> It fails on gcc3 specific classes. FreeBSD 7 uses gcc
4.x, so the problem lies 
> with root developers.
> Or...you could install lang/gcc34, then:
> make -DTRYBROKEN CC=gcc34 CXX=g++34
> 
> I'm not sure it'll work though.

Well, on other OSes they have been compiling new releases
with gcc4.2 
without any problems for months, so it's not a gcc problem.
I have discovered that someone has already submitted a case
to the root 
developing team in middle january.
They think the problem lies within the gcc command line 
options, but from that moment on no new updates are
available. I renewed 
the request to them. So that now they will know that there
are 2 people 
using both root and fbsd!
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